Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae Myers and Patton 1989

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1099

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scientific name	Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae Myers and Patton 1989
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Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae Myers and Patton 1989 , Occas. Pap. Mus . Zool., Univ. Michigan, 720: 4.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., 28 km (by road) W Comarapa, 2800 m; 17°51'S, 64°40'W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Cochabamba Akodont.

Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, about 1800-3000 m, Cochabamba and W Santa Cruz Depts., C Bolivia ( Anderson, 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Hypsimys . Morphology and chromosomes suggest that A. siberiae is closely related to A. budini , the type species of Hypsimys (see Myers and Patton, 1989).